A royal wedding to beat all royal weddings began April 5 and it is still going strong. However, the highlight came on April 12 when the youngest child of the Sultan of Brunei, Prince Abdul Malik, 31, exchanged vows with his new wife, Dayangku Raabi'atul 'Adawiyyah Pengiran Haji Bolkiah, in the throne room of the monarch’s 1,788-room palace.
The couple wore extravagant matching outfits made of gold—including a dress for the 22-year-old bride, reportedly a former data systems analyst, studded with diamonds and large emeralds. She also wore a sparkling diamond tiara embedded with six large pear-shaped emeralds along with a large diamond necklace with at least 15 emeralds of various sizes and what appears to be a diamond and emerald bracelet on each wrist and at least one diamond emerald ring.
Her bouquet, instead of flowers, was made of gems and precious metals in the shape of flowers. Nothing was seemingly left to chance as she reportedly wore Christian Louboutin shoes encrusted with Swarovski crystals and finished with a gold ankle bracelet. The translucent veil was reportedly topped with a second diamond tiara, set with rubies and a scarlet gem in the center. She also had a second diamond rope-like necklace.
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This doesn’t count the gold and diamond embellishments worn by the prince nor the gold in the throne room where the couple were officially married and presented to dignitaries around the world.
For the wedding banquet, the bride changed and wore a beaded purple gown with veil and a diamond necklace and crown set with rubies.
